Originally posted at JPost.com HEREand eJewishPhilanthropy.com HERE Dear Natan, You will forever be remembered as a valiant warrior for freedom, and now as head of the Jewish Agency for Israel, you have the opportunity to take up the mantle of bold leadership in the battle for religious freedom, Jewish diversity and equality, whose time is long overdue. Last week, you … [Read more...] about An open letter to Mr. Natan Sharansky from Rabbi Uri Regev, Head of Hiddush
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What is Yours is Also Mine by Rabbi Pamela Frydman, RRFEI Chair
Click HERE for the RRFEI bulletin: 'Reform and Conservative Movements write the Police Inspector General' The government spent three years negotiating a Kotel compromise that includes building a dignified worship space at the Kotel (Western Wall) for mixed gender egalitarian prayer. Jerusalem’s Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar appears to view the … [Read more...] about What is Yours is Also Mine by Rabbi Pamela Frydman, RRFEI Chair
Letter to Israel Police Inspector General from the Reform and Conservative Movements
Click HERE for the RRFEI bulletin: 'Reform and Conservative Movements write the Police Inspector General' Click HERE for the original Hebrew version of the letter below Reform Movement Conservative Movement 14 Sivan 5776, 20 June 2016 Chief of Staff Ronnie Alshich Israel Police Inspector General National … [Read more...] about Letter to Israel Police Inspector General from the Reform and Conservative Movements
Marriage freedom advocacy: our most united effort
Eric Goldstein, CEO of UJA-Federation of New York, wrote in last week's Jerusalem Post [link] about the nature of Israeli society. Is Israel the homeland of all the Jewish people, in which all of us can live according to our understandings of Judaism, or is there one recognized Jewish stream and the others have little or no authority? Goldstein writes: From its birth, … [Read more...] about Marriage freedom advocacy: our most united effort
Now or never – the need for political pressure
I shuddered in the late 60s when I read Simon Herman's prediction that Israeli and American Jewish societies were growing apart. Now I am watching the fruition of his prediction. Narratives matter. This weekend's Haaretz contained an article [click here] about how the informal education system under the Natanyahu regime is purposefully teaching their right-wing political … [Read more...] about Now or never – the need for political pressure